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Is A Period With Discharges And Spotting Normal Or Pregnancy Symptoms?
My period came about 5 days early, and the first day of my period was nothing but brown discharge not heavy or light. The next day it went off and on from brown to dark red. And the last day was pink then spotted brown at the end of the night. But the next day once in a while I would notice a tiny amount of brown with a little yellowish color ONLY when I wiped... Is this a normal period, or a possible pregnancy?
Mon, 12 Sep 2016
Hallow Dear,
The brownish spotting you had does not fit into the description of normal period. This seems to be a missed period.
If you have history of unprotected sexual relations during this cycle, you might be pregnant. In some women, spotting to slight bleeding does take place during early pregnancy at the time of expected menses. You may confirm the possibility of pregnancy by:
1. Pregnancy test on overnight morning first urine sample after about a week of missed period; earlier theses tests may report false negative results.
Alternatively you may opt for
2. Beta hCG test on the blood. Values more than 25 mIU/ml are diagnostic of pregnancy while in non-pregnant women the values are below 5 mIU/ml.
If you are pregnant, please report to your Gynaecologist for this brown bleeding. You may have to support your pregnancy by some Progestational preparation like Susten to stabilize the pregnancy. Also start Tab. Folic acid for better growth of Embryonic tissue.
If you are not pregnant, the menses should appear within few days. If they do not appear, you may take some progesterone preparation like Deviry for 5 days; then within 4-7 days you should have withdrawal bleeding. Else, you may report to your Gynaecologist.
I hope this clarifies your doubts.
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
The brownish spotting you had does not fit into the description of normal period. This seems to be a missed period.
If you have history of unprotected sexual relations during this cycle, you might be pregnant. In some women, spotting to slight bleeding does take place during early pregnancy at the time of expected menses. You may confirm the possibility of pregnancy by:
1. Pregnancy test on overnight morning first urine sample after about a week of missed period; earlier theses tests may report false negative results.
Alternatively you may opt for
2. Beta hCG test on the blood. Values more than 25 mIU/ml are diagnostic of pregnancy while in non-pregnant women the values are below 5 mIU/ml.
If you are pregnant, please report to your Gynaecologist for this brown bleeding. You may have to support your pregnancy by some Progestational preparation like Susten to stabilize the pregnancy. Also start Tab. Folic acid for better growth of Embryonic tissue.
If you are not pregnant, the menses should appear within few days. If they do not appear, you may take some progesterone preparation like Deviry for 5 days; then within 4-7 days you should have withdrawal bleeding. Else, you may report to your Gynaecologist.
I hope this clarifies your doubts.
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
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